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When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.
Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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The more you cling to things, The more you love them, The more the pain you suffer, When they're taken from you.
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In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.
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TODD: The history of the world, my love -- LOVETT: Save a lot of graves, Do a lot of relatives favors! TODD: Is those below serving those up above! LOVETT: Ev'rybody shaves, So there should be plenty of flavors! TODD: How gratifying for once to know BOTH: That those above will serve those down below!
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I've always preferred actors who sing to singers who act in all the shows I've done.
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For me it's more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don't expect them to.
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I'm a lazy writer. My idea of heaven is not writing. On the other hand, I'm obviously compulsive about it.
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You move just a finger, say the slightest word, something's bound to linger-be heard.
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Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.
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